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The A400M spent 4 days in the fridge, in the polar north

(BRUSSELS2) The A400M tested the far north by going for 4 days to confront the polar cold, in Kiruna, a small town in Swedish Lapland. The "Grizzly" has never worn its nickname so well.

Another test that has just ended: the first in-flight refueling test took place in Toulouse on February 15. The A400M docked for fuel transfer to a Royal Air Force Vickers VC-10. This is a blank test, without fuel transfer, specifies the manufacturer.

photo credit: Airbus military

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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